The pharmacopoeia of the Royal College of Physicians of London, MDCCCXXIV / Translated ... by Sir George Leman Tuthill.

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1824
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Credit: The pharmacopoeia of the Royal College of Physicians of London, MDCCCXXIV / Translated ... by Sir George Leman Tuthill. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    4 The measures of liquids also differ, one being used for beer, and another for wine; we adopt the latter, and employ for liquids, measures which are derived from the wine gallon. The wine gallon is defined by the statutes of the realm, and we divide it for medical purposes in the following manner; viz. The gallon Cy) g ¢ Eight pints. O The pint _ ie Sixteen fluidounces. f% The fluidounce 5 & Eight fluidrachms, £43 The fluidrachm J © \ Sixty minims. mM We have added the signs by which we denote the several measures. That no error. may arise from. the indiscriminate use of the same terms to express both weights and measures, we have, after due consideration, devised certain new ones, which use will in a short time render easy. Moreover, we measure the smaller portions of liquids by a glass measure marked at equal in- tervals; for drops are fallacious and uncertain quantities, since it requires nearly twice as many drops of any tincture to fill a given measure, as aw requires of water.
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